How Do You Become A Famous Tattoo Artist. Becoming a tattoo artist takes between one and three years of apprenticing under a master tattooist. Then you need to hone your raw talent to develop talent into skill.
After all, this is going to be on your body forever. These people have to have really good skills, and experience, because once the tattoo is started, it is going to be quite difficult to change later. Well, experience, yes, but skill?
Untrained people with tattoo kits need education first.
Hudson is a tattoo artist and contributing writer for byrdie. When you finally put it out there that you’re a tattoo artist, you have two options. Opening up a studio needs extra steps and takes longer, but it’s possible with a plan and budget. And that’s time you will need to be working hard and also be working elsewhere to support yourself: